16. Therefore do not let your good be slandered.
17. For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18. For the one who serves Christ in this way is well-pleasing to God and approved by people.
19. So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what edifies one another.
20. Do not destroy the work of God on account of food. All things are clean, but it is wrong for the person who eats and stumbles in the process.
21. It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine or to do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is weakened.